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Topic: LAT Mon. 5/21 Jeff Chen (Read 1991 times)

Good Ones:Girl who says “Uncle” NIECETheme: first words of phrases relating to electric currentFront page staple {and theme} CURRENTEVENTS [too bad this good theme clue is wasted on a Monday shorn of cleverness]

Some Nits to Pick:Fix, as worn brakes REPAD [though it’s possible to add re- to most verbs, this one is not part of our idiom]

RATING: Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun

The late (and great) constructor Dan Naddor told me that the editors asked him for Monday/Tuesday puzzles, which for the LAT means easy and devoid of cleverness and trickiness. I'll bet your original submission was "shorn of cleverness."

Much as I hate to admit it, the editors are right in appealing to all levels of solvers. There was a time two or so years ago that I stopped commenting on Monday and Tuesday, but my OC nature got the best of me.

I'm looking forward to your next one --- maybe one that appears late in the week.

Thanks for the feedback. It's tough to make a Monday puzzle easy enough for the total beginner but interesting enough for the solvers' community. That's what Rich needs most of, so that's what I focus on. Alas, trickiness and cleverness make a puzzle too tough for most beginners.